Meghan Markle’s two word plea while visiting Princess Diana’s grave | Royal | News
Meghan Markle wanted two things when she first visited the grave of her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, Prince Harry says. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are returning next month for a highly anticipated visit to England as a family for the first time in four years.
Reports claimed that the couple might visit the final resting place of the late Princess of Wales. After Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, she was buried on a small island in the ornamental lake known as the Round Oval within the gardens of Althorp Park. The path to the Oval is lined with 36 oak trees, symbolizing each year of his life.
In his 2023 memoir Spare, Prince Harry described his wife’s first visit to Diana’s grave site in 2022.
He wrote: “No visit here has ever been easy, but this… is the twenty-fifth anniversary.
“And Meg’s first time. I was finally bringing the girl of my dreams home to meet my mom.”
“We hesitated, hugged, and then I went first. I laid flowers on the grave. Meg gave me some time and I talked to my mother in my head, told her I missed her, asked for guidance and clarity.”
She then talked about Meghan’s moment on the site and explained what she wanted from her late mother-in-law.
The Duke wrote: “Sensing that Meg might also want some time, I went around the fence and scanned the pond. When I came back, Meg was kneeling, her eyes closed, her palms pressed against the stone.”
“As we walked toward the boat, I asked him what he was praying for. Clarity, he said. And guidance.”
It was originally planned that Prince William and Prince Harry’s mother would be buried in the Spencer family cemetery, but the plan was rejected due to security concerns.
Princess Diana’s funeral took place on September 6, 1997, in a ceremony attended by 2,000 people and watched by 2.5 billion people worldwide.
The official ceremony was held at Westminster Abbey in London and ended at the resting place in Althorp.
In his memoir Spare, Prince Harry wrote that there was “absolutely no way” he would allow William to walk alone behind his mother’s coffin.
He said: “There’s no way I’m letting him do this alone.
“And there’s no way he’s going to let me do this alone. It was like a role reversal.”
